Photographer's Note

This surrealist landscape is from a big salt lake located at an altitude above 4000m, about 40kms west of Purmamarca town and Quebrada de Humahuaca.
The sign of mountains in the distance indicated me that this was still on planet earth but the headaches from altitude was making me dizzy.
I included the person to give some sense of scale.

I couldn't find any useful information about this place that I found by chance while driving through the remote roads of Northern Argentina.

The map of my guide book says that the salt lake is called "Salinas Grandes".

Wikipedia says:

"The Salinas Grandes is a salt desert in the Córdoba and Santiago del Estero provinces of the Sierras de Córdoba in Argentina. It covers an area of 3,200 mi² (8,290 km²).
It is of industrial importance for its sodium and potassium mines."

I don't know if wikipedia refers to the same place because this is not located in those provinces of Córdoba and Santiago del Estero. It's located further north.

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WS1 - close approach to the ground showing the geometric details of the salt surface.

WS2 - view from a distance from the road while approaching this salt lake. I saw very few cars in this road although it's one of the ways to reach Chile.

Looking to this photo it seems Chile salar are almost the same than the bolivian ones I visited.
These salars are among the most surprizing landscapes I had visited.
Here I like the shadow effect of the cells. We have the feeling the guy is walking on the water.

Wonderful composition, with great details of the sand in the front and far away mountains on the background. Excellent inclusion of subject in the middle. It gives an idea of loneliness and oneness with the universe. Food for thought, congratulations and regards from Brazil!

I hae never been in a such a remote place but i can imagine that with such a landschape you get the feeling of beeing at another planet. Good choice to include the human figure. It gives a better scale idea. It suprises me that you handeld so weel the difficult white fg. This you use some kind of filter?
Best regadrs
KIKs

Oh, Ricardo! This enormous, incredible, solitude! This terrible and, in the same time, wonderful solitude. So a great, intelligent photo! I love so much the solitude and I hate her...So difficult for me to understand.
Ciao e bravo,
Anna Paola

A salt lake, that looks like snow. Very interesting place and good that you included a person in your frame, otherwise it is difficult to understand how big this lake is. Also your note is informative despite your problem to gather some useful information. The contrasts of the whitish salt vs the deep blue sky is excellent. Well done

This desert landscape is truly impressive, there is no water but the optical effect is disconcerting, one would say a crystalline water surface to far. The light is superb and I like much contrast with this so blue sky. The surface of this salted lake is also impressive. Very beautiful and interesting photograph, like are the complementary images in particular that taken since the road. Thank you Ricardo.

Really AMAZING place, I dont know how do you do to find this places, looks so wonderful, I like the effcet of the salt looks like this place was full with water and the sensation of motion the montans are undescriptible and the guy walking there is wonderful because give the proportion of the sizes and makes this in a huge place, WOw is really breathless

PS Sorry for dont be in touch so often but Im moving too and I have tons of thigs to do, I need stability in my life hehehe.